Strong ellipticity of boundary integral operators.
A family of linear homogeneous 4th order elliptic differential operators with real constant coefficients, and bounded nonsmooth convex domains are constructed in so that the have no constant coefficient coercive integro-differential quadratic forms over the Sobolev spaces .
We survey recent results on the mathematical modeling of nonconvex and nonsmooth contact problems arising in mechanics and engineering. The approach to such problems is based on the notions of an operator subdifferential inclusion and a hemivariational inequality, and focuses on three aspects. First we report on results on the existence and uniqueness of solutions to subdifferential inclusions. Then we discuss two classes of quasi-static hemivariational ineqaulities, and finally, we present ideas...
Mathematics Subject Classification: 26A33 (main), 35A22, 78A25, 93A30The generalization of the concept of derivative to non-integer values goes back to the beginning of the theory of differential calculus. Nevertheless, its application in physics and engineering remained unexplored up to the last two decades. Recent research motivated the establishment of strategies taking advantage of the Fractional Calculus (FC) in the modeling and control of many phenomena. In fact, many classical engineering...
A solution of a particular Dirichlet problem for a non-linear 2nd order hyperbolic equation is regular at any point of the boundary but one point. The kind of singularity which exhibits at this point is investigated.